Term 2 Review Bellwork

Front

Identical rock types, identical fossils, and very similar mountain ranges have been found on different continents separated by wide oceans. What best explains this phenomena?

Back

These continents were once joined together

Front

What geologic event has happened most recently?

Back

A

Front

The movement of the continents can be attributed to -----.

Back

Convection currents in the mantle

Front

What is Pangea?

Back

A single-large landmass in which all of the Earth's continents were once joined together

Front

What does the diagram represent that results in the denser oceanic crust sinking beneath the less continental crust?

Back

Subduction Zone

Front

What evidence could support the theory that all the continents were once joined together and have slowly drifted apart?

Back

Fossils of the same prehistoric fern were found in South America, Africa, Asia, and Antarctica.

Front

Which diagram would represent the correct motion of the plates at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

Back

Front

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

Back

heat and pressure

Front

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks that have been compacted and cemented together is a(n)

Back

Sedimentary Rock

Front

This diagram shows a cross section of rock layers. An igneous intrusion is shown (D). How does the igneous intrusion relate to the other layers of rock?

Back

Layer D is younger than layer E.